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Grafting of Methyl Methacrylate onto Starch Initiated by Ceric Ion as an Initiator in Presence of Nitric Acid as Activator
Abstract: Natural polymers with improved structure have been securing increasing value in the industry as theyare abundant, cheap, and biodegradable. Graft copolymerization is one of the effective ways toenhance the properties of natural polymers. Starch based graft copolymers are becoming increasinglyimportant due to their remarkable adhesion, high water absorbency, and biodegradability. Methylmethacrylate (MMA) grafted onto starch by using the ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) as a redoxinitiator in the presence of nitric …
Published in Journal of Modern Chemistry & Chemical Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 27–33 Read article
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Effect of Initiation of Breast-Feeding on Maternal-Newborn Attachment: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract: Introduction: Breastfeeding is the best approach for meeting an infant's psychological and physiological needs. The importance of breastfeeding is best understood in light of the fact that early breastfeeding initiation and skin-to-skin contact soon after birth are essential for a newborn's survival. The connection between a mother and her infant plays a vital role in a child's growth and maturation. Hence, a research investigation was carried out to analyze how …
Published in International Journal of Midwifery Nursing And Practices · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Modeling and Analysis of Crack Initiation in a Cylindrical Specimen
Abstract: In an engineering component subjected to variable loading/cyclic stressing, the stress and stress state, particularly the plastic strain and the triaxiality, play an important role in determining its life. Ductile materials predominantly fail by void growth, and crack initiation in ductile material can be associated with a specified volume of voids. Estimation of this crack initiation life and the remaining life through analytical modeling and comparing it through experimental testing …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 20–28 Read article
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Modelling Initial Design of Steel Portal Frame using ANN
Abstract: Structural Engineering involves the understanding and modeling of natural phenomenon, material behavior and laws of mechanics, intuition, past experience or expertise and knowledge of analysis techniques. Especially in structural design, the difficulty in problem definition and the large number of constraints makes it difficult to program a machine for computerization of the total design process. The analysis of structure is performed based on the initial design and redesign of the …
Published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering & Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 16–20 Read article
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Capacity Building Initiatives for Health Workforce Development in Gujarat, India
Abstract: Human resources are critical component of an efficient and effective health care system. In many developing countries including India, there has been a long-term neglect in the planning and implementation of capacity building efforts for the public health workforce. Recently several states in India have launched variety of initiatives to address this challenge. Efforts for manpower development in Gujarat were initiated in 2000. Present manuscript attempts to document the initiatives …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 1, Issue 1-3, 2011 · pp. 9–20 Read article
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Government Initiatives for Digital India
Abstract: The present paper takes an account of digitalization of processes of e-governance. The brief accounts on initiatives taken by central government for the digitalization have been discussed in this paper. Also an attempt has been made to find out the outcomes of these digitalization initiatives. The broadband highway intends to cover 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats. Access to mobile connectivity is going to be implemented through DoT. Central government has decided to …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 328–335 Read article
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Focus Areas of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Two Leading Companies in Ethiopia: Towards Unveiling the Status of CSR from this Part of the Developing World
Abstract: CSR literature clearly asserts that there is a dearth of CSR studies from the part of the developing world; and thus far very little is known about CSR initiatives from the developing world. On top of that while CSR studies from developing countries in general is dominated by studies from Asian continent, CSR studies from Africa are profoundly dominated by South Africa, and CSR scholars and practitioners know virtually so …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 18–24 Read article
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Contributing factors in the initiation of failure of asphalt concrete
Abstract: As long as the asphalt concrete pavement is under service, signs of failure usually initiate and the distress types start showing throughout the service life. The asphalt concrete pavement practices repeated tensile and shear stresses through the vehicular loading. In the present study, the contributing factors in the initiation of failure under repeated flexural stresses have been detected. Slab samples of Asphalt concrete have been prepared at the laboratory by …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 55–61 Read article
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Improved Genetic Algorithmic Rule Mistreatment Hybrid Initial Population to Resolve Travelling Salesman Drawback
Abstract: Abstract: The algorithmic genetic rule is beneficial to resolve the optimization issues. It performs genetic operators to solve optimization issues. Travelling salesman problem (TSP) may be a well-known optimization downside, but TSP is beneficial to resolve the several difficulties of science and engineering. In this paper, to determine TSP, algorithmic genetic rule is applied. An initial hybrid population is generated in an algorithmic hereditary rule. The coupling of the initial …
Published in Current Trends in Information Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 46–50 Read article
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Role of ion Regulation in Heartbeat Initiation
Abstract: The heart can beat quite 2 billion times in normal life, but the mechanism by which the guts beats is that the subject of intense research. Since the invention of pacemaker currents in 1978, several studies have shown that rhythmic changes in membrane tension (the "membrane tension clock") underlie the mechanism of automation. It's the depolarizing current activated during hyperpolarization. Therefore, when the guts cells recover, it's activated, the cell …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Initial Diversion in Hirschsprung’s Disease: Loop versus End Colostomy. Does it Make a Difference?
Abstract: Background: Staged surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease involving initial stoma formation with biopsies to find the level of aganglionosis and subsequent pull-through procedure like Duhamel’s Pull through is the most recommended management protocol at several institutions. The nature of stoma, whether loop or end, often determines the patient’s morbidity in this approach and would also have a say in the duration and ease at the time of definitive pull-through procedure. Aims …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Surgery · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 4–8 Read article
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A Novel Strategy for Weight Initialization in Sigmoidal Feed-forward Artificial Neural Networks
Abstract: In this paper, a novel method of weight initialization is proposed. The proposed method of weight initialization distributes the initial weights and thresholds in such a manner that they lie in different regions of the activation function used at the hidden layer. The proposed method is compared with six other popular weight initialization methods on ten function approximation problems using the RPROP (Resilient Back-propagation) and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms for training. Two …
Published in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research & Advances · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 62–75 Read article
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An Empirical Study to Understand the Influence of Government Initiatives and Individual Factors on Startups
Abstract: To fulfill the needs of a dynamic environment a country need startups, and to boost them a country needs a supporting environment. Every nation is motivating its individuals to become an entrepreneur. Government of India is making exceptional effort to support startups through various support programs, campaigns and policies. The government has initiated many schemes such as Startup India, AIM, Make in India, Multiplier Grants Schemes (MGS), Academic Research In …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 32–41 Read article
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Role of ion Regulation in Heartbeat Initiation
Abstract: The heart can beat quite 2 billion times in normal life, but the mechanism by which the guts beats is that the subject of intense research. Since the invention of pacemaker currents in 1978, several studies have shown that rhythmic changes in membrane tension (the "membrane tension clock") underlie the mechanism of automation. It's the depolarizing current activated during hyperpolarization. Therefore, when the guts cells recover, it's activated, the cell …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Rooftop Garden: An Initiative of Sovanagar High School
Abstract: This paper examines the rooftop garden initiative at Sovanagar High School (HS), Malda, West Bengal, a project aimed at addressing a growing rural institution's environmental and educational needs. As the school's expansion reduced available green spaces, the administration sought an innovative solution that would restore greenery and serve as an educational resource. The rooftop garden integrates sustainable practices such as rainwater harvesting, vermicomposting, and the use of recycled materials, aligning …
Published in International Journal of Trends in Horticulture · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 10–17 Read article
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Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Study of Energy Absorption Properties of Aluminum Crush Boxes with and without Buckling Initiators (Axial Loading)
Abstract: The crashworthiness in automobile is stated as the capability of a passenger car and its interior arrangements to safe-guard occupants from harm. Whenever an accident occurs, the passengers in the car can be injured due to one of the following reasons: (1) excess acceleration force; (2) physical injury from contact with injurious surfaces, and; (3) exposed to fire, smoke, and chemicals released during accidents. Thus effective crashworthiness design must take …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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National Iron plus Initiative (NIPI) Programme for Health: A Novel Approach in Health Care
Abstract: Anaemia is the most important risk factor for under-nutrition and poor dietary intake of iron which results in major public health problem among the vulnerable age group of life cycles such as pregnant women, infants, young children and adolescents. As per WHO, if the prevalence of anaemia at community levels is more than 40%, it is considered a problem of high consequences. As per data of NFHS-IV level of prevalence …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 103s–106s Read article
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A New Method to Optimize Initial Cluster Number and Then Apply K-Means Algorithm to Perform Image Segmentation
Abstract: Clustering is described as the task of merely grouping a set of data points, which in our case are represented by image pixels, with the application of one or more algorithms, into super-pixels. The k-means clustering algorithm is used for many day-to-day practical applications where the quality of the obtained clusters depends heavily on the initial selection of centroids. In literature, several methods have already been proposed for the improvement …
Published in Journal of Multimedia Technology & Recent Advancements · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 18–24 Read article
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Financial Inclusion Through Financial Literacy: Some Recent Initiatives in India
Abstract: AbstractFinancial inclusion basically indicates the availability of banking services at a reasonable cost to the low income and disadvantaged groups. Thus, financial inclusion is having a savings or current account with any bank. Financial inclusion is an essential driver to accomplish financial development. Therefore, for economic development, there should be enough flow of financial and credit facilities. But this is not possible until and unless financial literacy is achieved in …
Published in E-Commerce for Future & Trends · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 30–33 Read article
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E- Content Development and Management: Initiatives of INFLIBNET
Abstract: In this information age, students now a days preferring E-learning instead of classroom learning. Now a day’s every student has an access to internet through any electronic device. Hence access to E content is very easy and much more feasible as compared to the traditional way of learning. Government of India is also taking initiatives for implementing new technologies in higher education. Smart classrooms are developed in each and every …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 284–289 Read article